---
title: "Media · Video · Compress a video"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/tools/compress-video"
tags: ["video"]
---

# Media · Video · Compress a video

`POST /api/v1/tools/compress-video`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.simplified.com`
- URL: `https://api.simplified.com/api/v1/tools/compress-video`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization`

Reduce a video file size. compression_factor is passed to the existing compressor (typical value 1.5). Returns task_id; getTaskResult retrieves the output.

## Request body

- object
  - `video_url` string, uri, required
  - `compression_factor` number, double, required

## Response `202`

Resource or asynchronous submission result.

- AsyncTaskResponse
  - `task_id` string, required: Poll GET /api/v1/tasks/{task_id} until SUCCESS or FAILURE.

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/simplified/apis/video-tools.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/simplified/apis/video-tools/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/simplified/apis/video-tools/revisions/e96eaa27d93b?raw)